E&W Blog

Democrats won’t be receiving any “Thank You” cards from small and private businesses any time soon.

The Democrat’s partisan spending spree includes a provision to increase civil monetary penalties radically under the Fair Labor Standards Act by 900 percent.

The National Federation of Independent Business sent a letter opposing this radical legislation. Their letter rightly pointed out:  

“FLSA violations currently operate under a strict liability standard, meaning employers who have an honest misinterpretation of the law or made an isolated mistake are not given leniency under the law...

“For example, a small employer who makes a single error and forgets that his or her employees’ hours exceeded the overtime threshold and inadvertently forgets to pay overtime to 10 employees can now be subject to $207,400 in fines…”

The Democrat approach to job creators is the equivalent of a school bully upcharging the peers they steal lunch money from.

Committee Republicans refuse to accept these egregious proposals that target hardworking Americans, their families, and their livelihoods.

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